It was a dispatcher that told him not the police. Even if he did follow Martin that did not give Martin the right to attack Zimmerman.

 

We do not know that Martin attacked Zimmerman.

Another member sent this to me because she/he was afraid to post it. Hopefully this comes across as the legitimate question it is and not anything more or less. There are two threads on this. Now for the question.

 

If you are a white, by yourself or with your spouse and/or kids and you see 3 young black males dressed in baggy pants, hoodies and flat billed hats walking your way at night, do you cross the street to avoid them?

 

If it is late at night and there aren't many other people on the street, I cross the street. Hope that doesn't make me a racist in the eyes of some because I'd do the same if I saw a group of skin heads approaching me. I carry concealed and have a permit to do so, but I'd prefer to avoid using deadly force if possible.

 

The group of young black men or the white kids dressed as skin heads may be the nicest kids on the face of the earth, but I'm going to situational stereotype them to protect myself and my family members. If I'm wrong in my situational stereotyping, all it means is that I walked a little extra distance. If I'm right, it may prevent a confrontation. If the group follows me across the street to cause trouble, it will hopefully give me sufficient time and distance to prepare for an altercation and I'll know that I at least did what I could have possibly done to avoid it.

I would not cross the street.

 

Why not? Remember you have your spouse and perhaps your children with you in the Ru's scenario.

When did young black men become the equivalent of skinheads?

If this is the only information I would just carry on as normal. If I'm in an unfamiliar, deserted place at 3 a.m. I'm going to be leery of anyone I see. If I'm walking through my neighborhood at a reasonable hour and see some black kids I'm not going to run scared.

 

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When did young black men become the equivalent of skinheads?

They didn't. The scenario is menacing looking, regardless of skin color, at least that's what I got from Guru's initial post.

If this is the only information I would just carry on as normal. If I'm in an unfamiliar, deserted place at 3 a.m. I'm going to be leery of anyone I see. If I'm walking through my neighborhood at a reasonable hour and see some black kids I'm not going to run scared.

The guys I described in post #20 didn't think they had any reason to worry and look how that turned out for them.

I have a friend whose son, along with few other young men, had worked a job at U.S. Bank Arena recently. They were on their way to their cars when a group of young black males dressed in red jumped them and beat them. After it was over, they tried to make it to their cars when a second group of black males jumped them a second time, beating and kicking them as they were down. Thankfully a guy in a car thew his car in reverse squealing tires, which scared them off. Since they couldn't give much better of a description of their assailants, the police couldn't do anything. So, as a result of this and many times I've heard similar stories, yes, I'd cross the street, just as I would if I saw whites as described in this thread coming toward my family and me.

 

Did this make it too any local media?Newspaper-Local Television?

They didn't. The scenario is menacing looking, regardless of skin color, at least that's what I got from Guru's initial post.

 

I thought it was three young black men in baggy pants, hoodies and flat bill caps walking your way at night.

 

In the other thread it is skinheads or redneck garb.

When did young black men become the equivalent of skinheads?

 

That's a good question.

I thought it was three young black men in baggy pants, hoodies and flat bill caps walking your way at night.

 

In the other thread it is skinheads or redneck garb.

 

Sadly that constitutes menacing to many...

Sadly that constitutes menacing to many...

 

Seems that way.

Most will call me loony (not the first time :lol:) But I actually take the exact opposite tactic. When I see someone...anyone...approaching me, I make it a point to look them in the eye, and speak to them when they're close enough.

 

On a related note, I've mentione several times I walk my dog each morning at 4:30am. There's a bakery right around the corner from me that I pass several times each week, as I take a different route each day, but most take me past that bakery. Each morning that I do go past the bakery, I will encounter a young black gentleman who is biking his way to that bakery to work. My dog doesn't take to strangers, especially men. So when I see him coming, as a courtesy to him, I'll either step into a yard with my dog (if there is one) to let him pass, or I will cross the street if there's no way for me to keep Lucky from lunging at his bike as he passes. I've said "Good morning" several times as he passes, but I always wonder if he thinks I'm afraid of him. But it's honestly because of the unpredictability of my dog, who at the least will bark crazily (and wake up neighbors...well...those who haven't already been awakened by their own dogs barking as we pass by). I literally have to cross the street when I encounter the paper boys/girls in the neighborhood. My dog hates people who throw things at houses and is uncontrollable when we encounter them. :lol:

I play the odds.

 

If it's a dark, isolated, unfamiliar area where I don't feel comfortable, I cross the street.

Why not? Remember you have your spouse and perhaps your children with you in the Ru's scenario.

 

I assume that I am not in a dangerous part of the city nor at a dangerous time of the night.